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Chess Progidy, 15, Gets Hero's Welcome After Running Off With Exotic Dancer
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

SAO PAULO — A chess prodigy who ran away with an exotic dancer almost twice his age has returned home to a hero’s welcome after an amazing teenage adventure that took him to the hotspots of Brazil.

It all began when Emílio Córdova, a 15-year-old international master from Peru, was crowned South American chess champion in January after winning a tournament in the Argentine city of Córdoba.

Instead of returning to Lima he told relatives that he was heading to Brazil to compete in tournaments there in order to reach the rank of international grandmaster.

But, far from focusing on his grand master dreams, Emílio quickly became caught up in São Paulo’s pulsating but frequently sleazy nightlife.

He soon formed a relationship with a 29-year-old Brazilian single mother, Adriane Oliveira, dubbed the “bella brasileira” by the Peruvian media, with whom he reportedly fell in love.
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Heh, mebbe a few more stories like this and chess will become a major sport! :lol:
 
what an awesome kid, except that the age difference is kind of gross. But despite my sex-equality views, I still hold that his being a guy AND his being a definite self-success, make it sort of ok.
 
Whats the Age of consent there?
 
woody60707 said:
Whats the Age of consent there?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_South_America

Brazil

The age of consent in Brazil is 14 (see Brazilian Penal Code (in Portuguese), article 224, “a”), although charges can be brought for “corruption of minors” between the ages of 14 and 18. Such charges, however, can only be brought after a complaint by the minor or by a parent (article 225 of the Penal Code).

Sex with minors below the age of 14 is the equivalent of statutory rape and is punished with higher penalties. Formally, charges in this case can also only be brought after a complaint by a parent. Nevertheless, since the approval of the Code of Minors in 1990 (called the Child and Adolescent Statute - see text in Portuguese) authorities bring cases to Justice based on the legal definition of child (anyone below 12) included in the Statute (article 2nd). Charges of sex with adolescents (anyone between 12 and 17) remain under parental initiative.

As an exception, the State can prosecute the offender when the minor is at any age below 18, but only when the family of the minor is so poor that they can’t afford a lawsuit (Penal Code, article 225, I) or when the offender is the father, mother, stepfather, stepmother or legal guardian of the minor (Penal Code, article 225, II) .

The prostitution of minors is severely punished by law and is prosecuted by the State (see Code of Minors, article 244-A – in Portuguese).

The law makes no distinctions between heterosexual or homosexual cases, although below the age of 14 the name of the crime changes in homosexual cases from statutory rape (Penal Code, article 213) to "violent indecent assault" (article 214), with the same penalties.

In any case, only individuals over 18 can be legally charged.
 
Wow, the Brazilian age of consent laws actually make sense.

Kudos to Brazil.
 
Actually the kid is calling her his Fiancee. I think this is bad news.
 
I'd guess he won a few thousand dollars playing tournaments and she'll stick around just long enough to help him spend it. I think thats about par for the course for exotic dancers.
 
Chess isn't a sport, and he is still a nerd. ;)
 
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